Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Matthew Fontaine Maury, Observatory, Washington, D.C. to "Sir", 1855 January 22
File — Box: 2, Folder: 135
Identifier: id86740
Scope and Contents
Scope and ContentsIn reply to his questions, states that he finds valuable knowledge of scientific matther in the Bible; refers to the idea that the solar sustem is moveing through space, possibly revolving around the constellation of the Pleiades; reference to the world being round in Pslams; evidence in Job for a knowledge of the laws of gravity; the length of a day during the creation was not twenty-four hours; in attempting to understand sciencre, he always keeping in mind...
Dates:
1855 January 22